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New Business Summit

Thursday, 19 January 2017 from 13:00 to 19:00 (CET)

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About New Business Summit

New Business Summit is the realization of our belief: In order to solve pressing societal problems most effectively, businesses today need to stem from an alignment of effort among various actors in an ecosystem. Entrepreneurs, corporates, investors, SMEs, research institutions and governments should come together with shared efforts to tackle real-world societal challenges. The event aims to be the platform addressing the need for this synergy.

We call for enthusiastic owners and supporters of businesses in smart technology to join us. For startups the event creates an opportunity to exchange and validate their approach with the community that can think out loud with you. For all ecosystem actors it is the place where they can seek for future opportunities to collaborate.

The event is an initiative of World Startup Factory and is organised in cooperation with Impact City The Hague.

Keynote speaker

Jeroen van der Sommen has started as a groundwater hydrogeologist in West Africa and during 10 years in the field of water and sanitation and water resources management he learned about development. As a pioneer he loved to set up new teams, bringing people together, and to motivate and inspire them; in the Netherlands and abroad.

Building bridges and managing partnerships was Jeroen's drive behind the Netherlands (and the European) Water Partnership: public-private parties, NGOs and knowledge institutes working on common goals.

Innovation is the drive behind Akvo: in trying to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, how can we make better use of modern tools like mobile telephones and internet? What can prevent us from reinventing the wheel? Jeroen found that our (hydrological) memory is short or virtual none existing: we can do better: by being more transparent, by sharing our experience and knowledge more efficient and by reporting back on our failures and successes. Not each of us alone (with their own tools), but in international partnerships of governments, donors, foundations, NGOs, private companies and knowledge institutes in an 'open source' way.

Breakout Sessions

There are 8 sessions, which happen in 2 rounds i.e. 4 sessions per round. Each session is a panel discussion including a startup, a corporate, an SME, and a public institution. Each panel member presents their approach to tackle the same challenge. A Q&A follows when the audience takes part in validating these solution. We expect these interactions to highlight best industry practices and help inspire new possibilities.

Once you sign up for the event, please check your email for our follow-up action to register for individual sessions.

Round 1 (13:30 – 14:45)

Promote workforce health and productivity, and reduce cost for employers - led by ByCycling: Breakout Zone 1 Making everyday living hassle-free, by creating technology that's simple! - led by AwakeY: Breakout Zone 2 Increase efficiency of electricity usage in homes and buildings - led by Wattie: Breakout Zone 4Hardware Product Design: Building in house VS Outsourcing - led by Fracktal Labs: Breakout Zone 3

Round 2 (15:00 - 16:15)

Creating strong local economies - led by GetOn (Held in Dutch): Breakout Zone 1 Bikes for businesses and the future of urban mobility - led by Lock&Charge: Breakout Zone 3Make indoor spaces safer with better indoor air quality monitoring - led by uHoo: Breakout Zone 2Empower human connection and promote cultural experiences for city locals - led by EzyCities: Breakout Zone 4

Impact City’s The Hague Innovators Challenge

With The Hague Innovators Challenge, the City of The Hague aims to encourage start-ups, organisations and students to present new ideas on current global challenges.

As a part of New Business Summit, audience can witness pitches from the finalists of The Hague Innovators Challenge, who will compete for grand prizes of 5.000 - 30.000 Euros. The pitch competition will be kicked off by the Deputy Mayor of The Hague Karsten Klein. You can watch the pitches at http://impactcity.nl/innovator/.

Investor-Startup Carousel

Investors and startups with specific interest in smart cities, smart mobility and smart building will be pre-screened to participate in a facilitated speed dating session. For more information email - aditya@worldstartupfactory.com.